Yeavon H. Nifong

Sept. 5, 1916 - May 30, 2006

Sept. 5, 1916 - May 30, 2006

She had retired from CTS Corporation, Elkhart, IN. Mrs. Nifong was born on Sept. 5, 1916, in Plymouth, IN, to Melvin and Anna (Davidson) Green, and was a lifelong area resident. On June 4, 1938, in Plymouth, IN, she married Russell Nifong, who preceded her in death on October 15, 1999.

Mrs. Nifong is survived by her daughter, Janice (Ronald) Hughes of Gilmer, TX; three sons, Duane (Dawna) Nifong of Seminole, FL, Eldon (Barbara) Nifong of Elkhart and Kenneth (Mary) Nifong of Mishawaka; 12 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Enid Maddock of New Concord, OH; and two brothers, Noel Dennis (Patricia) Green of Osceola and Leslie Dale (Virginia) Green of Mishawaka.

She was preceded in death by four sisters, Vera Mahank, Phyllis Blevins, Antoinette Espeloge and Beatrice Schroder; and by one brother, Jerry Green.

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Mrs. Nifong was a member of the Mishawaka Grace Brethren Church and of the Women's Missionary Fellowship of the church.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 5, 2006, at Mishawaka Grace Brethren Church, 15250 Day Road, Mishawaka, IN 46546. Pastor Davy Troxel will officiate. Graveside services and burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, IN. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. Sunday, June 4th, in the Palmer Funeral Home-River Park, 2528 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend.

Contributions in memory of Yeavon H. Nifong may be made to the Center for Hospice & Palliative Care, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637.